| Of events, i think its been a bit less coverage on the whole.
Not on the cars tho, the cars are as relevant to feature as ever, maybe more so as they are getting more innovative.
Drifting gets mentioned more on the whole, but is getting less page space.
IMO there deffo enough drifting to easily fill a magazine a month, the question is would it sell enough to make it worth while? Probably no, considering how little the Jap mags, PPC, etc etc sell anyhow.
Also got the issue of who the hell would do it all, considering it would need to be pretty technical and correct, and a lot of automotive journalists know bugger all about cars, never mind drifting, lol.
Trouble with a lot of it, is with events anyhow, the people who are chuffed are the organisers and people who competed and can see their car in the mag, bit like when cruises were big in mags.
But not so sure the readers are mega excited by it all.
They love reading about awesome featue cars, love finding out info about how to do stuff etc, love checking out awesome pics from events, but whole reports from events like above with loads of random cars sideways? Think most get more from looking at the Media section here, or on Doristars.
With the right staff and right model of how the mag should be, it might work, but its a big risk, and a big ask to get all the bits needed to make it a sucsess.
Dont suppose anyone knows the sales figures for drift only mags in Japan etc? Like drift tengoku or whatever? |